Bonnaroo

He's Gone: As Schwagstock founder Jimmy Tebeau enters federal prison, should other music-festival organizers worry about on-site drug use?

The Bonnaroo 2013 Lineup Announcement Is Here [Updated With Complete Lineup]

[UPDATE: The complete lineup is now on page two of this post.] Right now, even as I type this, Weird Al Yankovic is in the midst of a three-hour long live streaming video announcement for this year's Bonnaroo Festival, a four-day event that takes place every year in Manchester, Tennessee. As one wh ... More >>

The Year-End List of Lists to End All Year-End Lists This Year (You Wish)

I am a chronic ranker of things, a lister. You give me a category - movies, music, vegetables, just about anything besides my children - and I'll give you a nice, neat list of my favorites. For my summary of the year 2012, a single Top Ten List didn't seem sufficient, so instead I submit my Top Five ... More >>

Alabama Shakes is Coming to the Pageant [Update: SOLD OUT]

Update, 10/8: One day before the show, it has sold out. Not the kind of instantaneous ticket grab the Pageant often sees, but it's still an impressive leap for Alabama Shakes. Original post follows... Alabama Shakes has just announced a show on October 9 at the Pageant. Tickets are $22.50 in advanc ... More >>

Win Tickets to Alabama Shakes at the Pageant

Alabama Shakes has had about as meteoric a year as any band this side of, I don't know, Carly Rae Jepsen. Riding a wave of the neo-soul revival, the Shakes differentiate itself from the pack with a rough, rock edge on all that buttery melody. We are fans, in case that wasn't clear. The band will be ... More >>

Reliving the Final Moments of LCD Soundsystem Last Night With Shut Up and Play the Hits

The man in the chicken hat is hoping things get weird inside. He smokes a cigarette, flicks it to the ground, then changes his mind and smokes the rest of it while standing in front of the Tivoli Theatre in Delmar. He's already holding a ticket, but at the advertised 7 p.m. show time, nearly 100 hop ... More >>

Alabama Shakes is Coming to the Pageant

Alabama Shakes has just announced a show on October 9 at the Pageant. Tickets are $22.50 in advance or $25 day of show -- the advance tickets go on sale this Friday at 5 p.m. As recently as December, this band was playing the Old Rock House. That's a quick jump and the sort of upgrade that tells y ... More >>

Strong Foundation: The Cornerstone Festival says goodbye, for now

Bonnaroo 2012: Big Ass Water Slide, Illicit Koozies and Bands

Bonnaroo is an entirely different world, one where the air always smells of weed and the people you encounter share any kind of resources they have, the way we were taught as children but adults seldom practice. People were kind. Musicians were gracious. Deep-fried oreos were a reality.

Bonnaroo 2012: Highlights from A to Z

The team: six 40-year-old men, leaving behind six fairly respectable jobs, five wives and 14.9 children for four days. The tools: a 32-foot RV, VIP tickets, comfortable shoes and enough beer to take down a small fraternity. The task: to do and see as much as physically and logistically possible at ... More >>

Childish Gambino at the Pageant: Photos

Childish Gambino stopped by the Pageant on his way down to Bonnaroo to play a sold-out set in front of a jacked-up crowd. One of many hats worn by Donald Glover, the Childish Gambino project is nevertheless serious music -- anyone who might have been under the impression they were getting "that dude ... More >>

Dispatches from Bonnaroo: Alabama Shakes

The swelling crowd at Bonnaroo had hardly enough time to process the emotional Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. "I Will Always Love You" tribute to Whitney Houston when Alabama Shakes took This Stage slightly before midnight. After an opening interlude, Brittney Howard and her Athens, Alabama, bandmates launc ... More >>

Win a Pair of Bonnaroo Passes

Update: And our winner is Alex Fritz, because we love it when our food writer makes sex jokes about bands. Instructions are on their way via Twitter. Thanks, everyone. Yep, that's right. Looking to make some last minute plans for a trip down to Tennessee this weekend? We've got a pair of Bonnaroo w ... More >>

Win Tickets to moe. at the Pageant

Today in band names that give grammarians high blood pressure: moe. is coming to the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard, 314-726-6161) on Thursday. The band, whose credits include Bonnaroo and frequent comparisons to Phish, approaches rock much like Carl Weathers approaches stew. Tickets are $25 day-of ... More >>

Bob Gruen Is a Rock & Roll Primary Source

Man Found Dead at Kanrocksas Music Festival

​A man in his twenties was found dead in the camping fields at this past weekend's inaugural Kanrocksas Music Festival. The police department in Kansas City, Kansas, issued a press release on Saturday saying that officials responded to a report of an unresponsive person. The man wasn't breathi ... More >>

Pick Up America: In St. Louis, Cleaning Up Your Mess

Lily BermanGreg Katski rolls a tire out of a runoff ditch in Columbia, Indiana.​Greg Katski found a sex toy on the side of the highway somewhere in southern Ohio. He specifies: It was a dildo. He happened upon meth kits in the middle of nowhere, Indiana, and has found needles all over the coun ... More >>

The Seven Deadliest Music Festivals

wikimedia commons​It has been a particularly grim summer already in music festival fatalities, with one death over the weekend at Electric Daisy and two more at Bonnaroo a couple weeks ago. But this is hardly a new phenomenon: The combination of crushing crowds, heat and mind-altering substanc ... More >>

Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears at Off Broadway, 6/16/11: Review and Setlist

Roy KastenBlack Joe Lewis gets down at Off Broadway​Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears Off Broadway Thursday, June 16, 2011 My first encounter with Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears was 2008 in Austin. The band played outdoors at one of those warm-beer free parties at SXSW. The young Austini ... More >>

Bonnaroo 2011: What to Bring, What To Expect, What to See and More

​Bonnaroo is next weekend already, and Wakarusa starts tomorrow. Summer Festival season is in full swing, and it's getting hard to keep track of all the offerings. In the next several weeks, we'll bring you guides to some of the best and biggest festivals within a day's drive of St. Louis. We ... More >>